USML 02

This bibliography of works on medieval communication offers a survey of work in a field of study which, from the 1960s onwards, has seen an ever-increasing number of monographs, collections of miscellanies and articles in learned journals being published every year. It provides a guide to this astonishing output by providing a list of more than 6.700 publications under sixteen headings. Because of the overlap of these headings, most of which have many subheadings, a comprehensive Index of subjects, place names and personal names is provided, which will allow the user to quickly find publications relevant to any topic which might be thought to come under the heading of ‘medieval communication’ in a broad sense, both chronologically and geographically. A short Introduction precedes the bibliography. Progress in the field of study over the past two decades is outlined, with attention to those recent developments which have proved the most productive. At the same time, something is said about the reasons for the new way of presenting the growing number of publications. Growing insights have led the bibliography’s organisation to be changed substantially since its previous edition in 1999, which already numbered 1.580 items. Not only the more than fourfold increase in the number of items listed made a new edition necessary, therefore, but also new ideas about the best ways of organising the knowledge that is to be gained from the contents of studies of medieval communication.

Contents:

Introduction

How to Use This Bibliography

Chapter 1. Introductions

1.1 Theory of Literacy and (Written) Communication; 1.2 Anthropological and Sociological Contributions to the Debate; 1.3 Psychological Contributions to the Debate; 1.4 Linguistic Contributions to the Debate; 1.5 Literacy and (Written) Communication (in the Middle Ages); 1.5.1 The Münster School; 1.5.2 The Freiburg School

Chapter 2. Surveys of the Introduction and Development of Written Culture

7.1 Teaching in Antiquity; 7.2 Teaching in the Middle Ages; 7.2.1 Teaching in the Early Middle Ages; 7.2.2 Teaching in the Later Middle Ages; 7.2.3 The Medieval University; 7.3 Teaching in Islam; 7.4 Jewish Education

Chapter 8. Production and Use of Written Texts

8.1 Script and Script Forms; 8.2 Runes, Inscriptions, Graffiti and Wax Tablets; 8.3 Book Production and Use; 8.3.1 Book Production in Antiquity, Byzantium and the Islamic World; 8.3.2 Book Production in the Middle Ages; 8.3.2.1 Book Production in the Early Middle Ages; 8.3.2.2 Book Production in the Later Middle Ages; 8.4 Producing Charters and Archival Documents; 8.5 Reading and the Reception of Texts; 8.5.1 Reading in Antiquity; 8.5.2 Reading in Byzantium; 8.5.3 Reading in the Middle Ages; 8.5.3.1 Reading in the Early Middle Ages; 8.5.3.2 Reading in the Later Middle Ages; 8.5.4 Reading in Early Modern Times; 8.5.5 Reading, Lay-out, Manuscript Research and Editorial Techniques; 8.6 The Printed Word